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Emma on Holiday Party Makeup

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Hi my mamas and mamas-to-be. It’s Emma. Today I want to talk to you about holiday party makeup. Now, if you’re anything like me — during my pregnancy I've broken out numerous times. To conceal a pimple it’s super easy. You can use a yellow-based concealer. Yellow-based hides the red a lot better than any other color. If you apply it with a concealer brush or, frankly, I use a lip brush — it’s more precise — and then you blend it out with your ring finger. It should really cover that blemish.

Sometimes my eyes tend to look a little tired and red. To counteract that, I sometimes use the flesh-colored eyeliner — and you can use it underneath your eyes in the lower rim. The flesh tone offsets red and helps you fake a more awake look. I just add a little black eyeliner with it just, you know, to get a little oomph.

Round face 101: Frankly, like I said in my counter video, myface tends to look rounder. One way to help that is hair. A side part actually makes your face look slimmer than a center part because it shifts the focus away from the middle of your face. If you have bangs like me the way to go is the side-swept bang. Not only is it sexier — in my humble opinion — but it creates more angles to your face.

It’s the holidays. Frankly, I say go for a red lip. Even if you’re a lip balm girl, get a red-tinted lip balm. I never wear red lipstick, although I do feel this season I might get a little extra festive. So I always suggest doing a sheer red lip instead of a powerful red lip, but if you have that courage you do that powerful red lip and then send me a picture because you’re my hero.

So those are my best holiday party beauty tips. One more tip is this: Most people are going to be drinking. You’ll be with your mocktail. The good news is you’ll be freshest in the morning. Alcohol dries out your skin and so the next morning, when everyone else wakes up with a hangover, you’ll be fresh as a daisy.

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